Lesser lophorina

Lesser lophorina
Conservation status
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Paradisaeidae
Genus:	Lophorina
Species:	L. minor
Binomial name
Lophorina minor Ramsay, EP, 1885
Synonyms
Lophorina superba sphinx Neumann, 1932 Lophorina superba lehunti Rothschild, 1932

The lesser lophorina (Lophorina minor), also known as lesser superb bird-of-paradise or rasping bird-of-paradise, is a species of passerine bird in the bird-of-paradise family Paradisaeidae.

It is endemic to the Bird's Tail Peninsula (Papua New Guinea). It was formerly considered as a subspecies of the superb bird-of-paradise, and elevated to species rank in 2017.

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Male Lophorina minor.